Running: June 6-12

[limewave]

The run off the bike was just two miles, and we brought the second one in a 7:42. No wonder it hurt!

Wow that's fast!

It was rainy and windy last night. So instead of doing intervals on the bike, I did a nice long trail run. It was very serene. At one point a big owl swooped down the trail in front of me.

[rocknrollgirl]

Wow that's fast!

It was rainy and windy last night. So instead of doing intervals on the bike, I did a nice long trail run. It was very serene. At one point a big owl swooped down the trail in front of me.

Thanks! I almost fell over when we hit the half mile point and my watch said 3 mins and change. Now if I could just string about 13 of those together.

[Susan Otcenas]

60 minutes of aqua running this morning. It turns out that at 7am, the deep end is "open swim". There were two other folks with aqua belts on (I was lapping them ) and a few people swimming very slow laps down the middle.

I looped my MP3 cord around the player, rolled it up into my ponytail, piled that on top of my head and pulled my silicone swim cap over the top of the whole mess. Worked like a charm.

I managed to cover 1000 yards in 60 minutes. Played around with form and position a bit. Overall, I think it's a great aerobic workout, and I think my shoulders, lats and triceps actually got a fairly good workout too. My legs? I dunno. I'm somewhat skeptical about how effective it's going to be in helping maintain my run fitness, but it's only for 2 weeks (hopefully), so at least I shouldn't deteriorate too much.

[limewave]

I managed to cover 1000 yards in 60 minutes. Played around with form and position a bit. Overall, I think it's a great aerobic workout, and I think my shoulders, lats and triceps actually got a fairly good workout too. My legs? I dunno. I'm somewhat skeptical about how effective it's going to be in helping maintain my run fitness, but it's only for 2 weeks (hopefully), so at least I shouldn't deteriorate too much.

Sounds interesting! I'll be curious to see how you do once you get back on the pavement. Hopefully you'll be able to keep your running fitness.

[Bike Chick]

2.5 miles this morning and it was the best run I've had since the HM. It felt great. I'm running in the Susan B. Komen Race For The Cure in St. Louis this weekend and really excited about it.

Susan, I did some water running Tuesday night and was really surprised at what a workout it was. I couldn't understand why my glutes were sore after my swim and then it dawned on me it that it could have been the water running.

[limewave]

Did an unexpected interval run last night. My running partner asked if I was free, and, surprise!, I was! 5.5 miles with 3 1ks at 9 min/mile pace.
Felt good.